Gowin v. State

BILL BASS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction for driving while intoxicated (DWI). A jury convicted the appellant of this offense and assessed his punishment at two years’ confinement in the county jail and a fine of $1,500.00. We affirm.

At 11:00 p.m. on the night of Thursday, September 11, 1986, Rains County Deputy Sheriffs, Tom Jenkins and Daniel Plemons, arrested Larry Ray Gowin for DWI. Traveling east on Highway 35 near the town of East Tawakoni, Gowin was driving his gray 1975 Ford Grenada with the highbeam lights on as the deputies approached him in their squad car from the…